From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Use and cost of Whitmore Compound following a failure of Wakefield's material.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 145\2\ scan0245 | |
| Date | 23th October 1933 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} LID{A. J. Lidsey} X4481 ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/GEA.3/EB. 23.10.33. See me HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Will you kindly advise the present position regarding the use of Whitmore Compound. You will remember that we recently received a visit from Messrs. Wakefield's Representatives, in connection with a complaint, owing to the failure of the material. Meantime, we are using Whitmore's Compound, which costs us more than double the price we pay for Wakefield's Gear Ease. ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} GM | ||